Ethical Superstore’s Beach Clean
Plastic Free July is an annual campaign that encourages you to give up plastic for one month. Plastic pollution is having a devastating impact on our planet and marine life and if we all...
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Time to Talk Periods – Environment and Climate Change
Did you know that period products are the fifth most common item found polluting Europe’s beaches? As part of our Time to Talk Periods campaign, we want to highlight the damage that single-use plastic...
Plastic Free July, are we getting better?
Every year we get on board with Plastic Free July and try to encourage others to get involved. The Plastic Free July campaign has been running for 10 years with the first in 2011....
Some surprising places you’ll find hidden plastic (and some plastic free alternatives)
We all know the problem with plastic, it’s something we’ve been banging on about for a long time! In the last few years the issue has really come into the public consciousness and people...
Natracare – Safe to Flush Wipes
If you watched Blue Planet UK last week you may have seen something you didn’t know existed. A new species perhaps, some new terror from the deep depths of the sea? Not quite, something...
Stop Pollution With The GuppyFriend Washing Bag
We all do our bit to reduce our levels of plastic waste, whether it’s washing and recycling our plastics or simply not buying them to begin with, but plastic microfibre pollution is still a...
Tips to Minimise Plastic
We get bombarded with tips on how to reduce our plastic use from everywhere – about as much as we get bombarded with adverts for single use plastics! I know we’ve offered our own...
Plastic Free July
July begins on Saturday, which means it’s almost time to challenge yourself to stop using plastic! The Plastic Free July campaign began in 2011, born from an idea of the Western Metropolitan Regional Council...
A victory for conservation: ditching plastic bags
Some good news for conservation and environmentalists! Plastic bag use has plummeted in England since the introduction of a 5p charge in 2015, the government has said. UK naturalist and TV presenter Steve Backshall...
Don’t flush it! Wet wipes, waste and clean beaches
The latest beach survey results from the Marine Conservation Society has revealed nearly 4,000 wet wipes were collected by volunteers during the Great British Beach Clean – a whopping 30% rise on the previous...
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